Hi everyone
I have just installed Debian Etch on an AMD64 desktop, but I have been unable to get ethernet working as expected. I have tried using the various configuration tools. The relevant part of /etc/network/interfaces reads as follows:

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.3
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1

However when I start up, I don't seem to have an eth0 device:

"ifconfig eth0" gives a device not found error

I do have an eth? device, e.g. it might be eth4, with a different ip address. But when I restart, there is no sign of this device, and I get an eth5 device and then an eth6 device and so on.

The ethernet card is an nvidia nforce type, but I have the "forcedeth" module installed.

Any ideas how I can get this working as expected?

Regards,
Oliver

Hi,
Maybe you should add:

auto eth0

to your /etc/network/interfaces file before the definition of eth0. This should bring the interface up. Do you need the allow-hotplug eth0?

/Jan